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Originally Posted by Spexxvet
You're a white male.
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Yes, but in the handful of police stops I've had the DPS officers were polite to the point of apologizing for stopping me even if I was at fault. The other cops were not.
In fact the most unpleasant experience I had was driving back to Texas from Georgia where I had been taking care of my parents. I was on State Highway 59 as it heads south from Texarcana to my home in Kingwood and was almost home. This section of highway goes through a lot of towns and the speed limits go up and down in a manner that I am sure was designed to entrap motorists. I was in a 75mph zone that suddenly with little warning dropped to 55 and an officer from the small town of Shepherd, Texas was waiting around the bend and stopped me. Downright rude guy who said some rather insulting things. I let it slide and was able to do the safe driver video course and just pay the court costs and get the ticket dismissed. Later found out this is one of the worst speed traps in the area.